Four or five days later, she called me. The first question she asked was, "Why did you come to my house and call me by my name?" She was quite surprised that I had come to their house for the first time and had called her by her name.
I said, "I had heard about you. Everyone used to say that you were a very beautiful girl. I wanted to know what you looked like. You were not in front of me, so I asked your sisters to call you by your name so that I could see you and satisfy my curiosity. Well, I saw you. You are very beautiful."
That was all I said. Then she said, "Let me talk to you on the phone."
I said, "Yes."
My heart was very happy inside, and I was surprised that she had called me herself. It was as if she already lived in my heart. I had this desire in my heart that I wished I could touch her because she was so beautiful.
She called me. She would go to college and call me whenever she could. A few days passed, and she called me again. Then we started talking regularly on the phone.
But the problem was that neither she had a phone nor was she allowed to use one in her house. There was only one landline phone in their house, and another phone belonged to her brother. It was difficult for her to call me from her brother's phone, and it was also difficult to call from the landline because the call records were visible.
Still, we somehow managed to talk. Slowly, our conversations reached the point where we told each other that we loved each other so much that it was very difficult to live without one another.
At the same time, there was another problem. We could not talk whenever we wanted because she did not have a phone. Then, one day, she secretly took her brother's phone from home and gave me a missed call from his number. If I was even a minute late, there could have been a problem. So, whenever I saw her missed call, I would immediately call her back.
Sometimes I did not have enough balance on my phone, so we could only talk for a short time. The call would often get disconnected because she had to call me suddenly whenever she got the chance. I also lived in a village far from the city, where it was difficult to recharge my phone. After I realized that she could call me at any moment, I always kept balance on my phone so that whenever she gave me a missed call from her brother's phone, I could call her back immediately.
There was another problem. When she called, she often could not talk from home. She would go somewhere far away and speak from there. Sometimes she would stand by the roadside, and sometimes she would stand near the branches of a tree. People would sometimes wonder what had happened to her.
We talked a lot. We talked for hours whenever we had the chance. It reached the point where she became my soulmate. I fell deeply in love with her. If I talked to her only once a week, I would spend the rest of the week feeling anxious until I could hear her voice again.
At that time, the internet was becoming popular. One day, I talked to her and told her, "You have a computer at home, so why don't you talk to me on Skype?"
She also understood that maybe it was a good idea because we could talk for free and talk more often. She noted my Skype handle and said, "When my brother goes to drop my elder sisters at his workplace in the morning, he stays away for about an hour. At that time, I will talk to you on Skype."
I said, "Okay." But she was so innocent that she did not realize that she could not simply add me to her brother's Skype and talk to me because her brother might find out that it was me.
Those were very difficult days.
Then, one day, I installed a program called TeamViewer on her computer. It was a program through which I could control her computer remotely. I controlled her computer and set up my Skype handle. I explained to her how to delete her history, how to add me, and how to call me.
It was difficult to explain everything to her, but she understood. After that, we often talked through audio calls. Video calls were not very common at that time because the quality was not good, and there were many problems with the connection.
But our conversations continued. Her words touched my heart. She started sharing her pictures with me. We still have many of our conversations saved. She was so beautiful, and she touched my heart. I fell deeply in love with her. She also could not live without me.
Whenever we could not talk, we both missed each other a lot. We were both studying while talking because she was the first love of my life, and I was also the first person to come into her life.
Both of us were only 17 years old. You know that the love that happens at this age often stays in the heart forever. Our love grew stronger and stronger.
Then, slowly, it became known in her house that she was talking to a boy me. She was very hurt because, in the society where she lived and the society where I lived, it was not considered acceptable for a girl to talk to a boy like this.
Eventually, my family found out, and her family also came to know. My father talked with her family about our relationship. At first, they agreed, and I felt very happy. We were very happy that we had received a "yes."
But after some time, another problem came up. They started saying, "No, no, this is not possible." Then we became worried.
After a few months, the conversation started again. They began asking again, "What will happen?" But nothing could be decided.
A lot of time passed like this. Somehow, three years went by.
During this time, we had many problems. She and I never really fought with each other. We always agreed that we wanted to talk, see each other, and meet. But there were many arguments and disagreements between our families. There were many conflicts between her family and my family because of certain issues.
Eventually, it reached the point where thye said, "We cannot continue this relationship because there are too many problems. We cannot have a relationship like this."